Job description

Pepsi Northwest Beverages, LLC is an independent company guided by a board of Directors. The organization grew out of a co-op of small businesses that needed an efficient way to scale their beverage production. In 2006, they joined together to form the LLC joint venture, and made an agreement with PepsiCo, Inc. – one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world – to have access to Pepsi’s best manufacturing systems. The agreement brought along a consolidation of production plants in Oregon and Washington, centralizing the region’s manufacturing of PepsiCo’s beverages.

PNB operates one of the largest beverage innovation production plants in the nation, right here in Thurston County, WA. Producing a variety of complex drinks – including soft drinks, Gatorade products, Bubly, Aquafina, iced teas, and Rockstar – additionally, PNB operates a comprehensive Transport operation in the North West, driving annually over 1.7 million miles and climbing. Travelling around the clock to deliver these products and raw materials along the I-5 corridor and as far East as Wenatchee. Fleet Safety is engrained into the PNB culture. PNB drivers have been recognized for Safety 10 consecutive years by the Oregon Trucking Association. PNB is SAFELY quenching thirsts from California to Alaska!

We are looking for a people driven and high energy Production Manager (L10) to join our dynamic team. This role responsible leading all activities associated with the manufacturing/production department for the facility. She or he is responsible for people and team development, motivating the team and ensuring quality performance. Responsibilities include safety, cost efficiency, continuous improvement on processes, and service for an entire business unit across all shifts.

Responsibilities

• Ensure team compliance with all safety policies and procedures
• Partners with the Training Team to drive FL and Supervisory training initiatives for the production department
• Maintain product quality and sanitation standards
• Optimize operational efficiencies to support the production, warehouse, and shipping of products
• Identify and oversee operational improvements necessary to deliver the site annual operating plan (AOP). Ensure cost performance gaps are identified, action plans are developed, and resources are properly allocated
• Track operational output measures (i.e., efficiency, yield loss, product quality, inventory accuracy, transactional accuracy), anticipating and correcting trends which would compromise achievement of financial targets
• Develop team to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance goals
• Deliver effective change leadership to drive business changes while minimizing people impact
• Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to assist team to solve operational issues
• Motivate team members to achieve plan goals
• Builds people capability through effective employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel
• Flex production plans on a shift-by-shift basis to prevent service issues and operational inefficiencies
• Optimize ingredient and packaging material usage to minimize scrap loss.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contracts and procedures.
• Lead and motivate the operations team in a manner consistent with the site Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles
• Coach teams to demonstrate continuous improvement in profitability margins, efficiencies and cost savings initiatives.
• Lead the organization in the development of natural work teams.
• Administer policies and procedures
• Manager role may require off-shift and weekend work and some travel (less than 5%)

Skills

• High School Diploma or GED
• 18 years or older
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or similar field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing preferred. Preferably food/beverage experience
• Lean Six Sigma Experience preferred, demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project
• Must possess strong skills, knowledge and capability in TPM or lean manufacturing, finance and accounting, project management, leadership, and statistics/logical problem solving
• Proven working knowledge of the following business enterprises: HSE/quality regulatory compliance, processing/packaging/warehouse operations, maintenance and engineering, ingredient and package material procurement, production planning & deployment, sales and marketing, research and development, and excellent communication, facilitation and influence skills
• Experience developing hourly and supervisory staff
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite applications
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Ability to lead a team-based approach to decision-making
• Proven ability to thrive in a results-oriented, meaningful environment
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to encourage and get results through mentoring others
• Proven ability to coach, facilitate, and inspire team building skills
• Strong leadership skills with proven ability to set a vision, manage change, develop others, and strategically plan
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong process improvement skills (ability to develop and implement processes)
• Experience working in a high-speed manufacturing environment team-oriented, deadline driven, high performance demands, and fast paced preferred.
• Must be able to continually work near heat, noise, gas, and chemicals
• Covid-19 vaccination may be a condition of employment dependent on role and location

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $110,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

COVID-19 considerations:
We take COVID management very seriously at PNB. All salaried associates are required to be vaccinated. Our COVID policies require masks wearing, daily temperature checks, social distancing, quarantine and testing protocols.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Maintenance: 5 years (Preferred)
• Manufacturing: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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